parostosis

English

Etymology

From para- +‎ ostosis.

Noun

parostosis (plural parostoses)

1. (biology, archaic) ossification which takes place in purely fibrous tracts; the formation of bone outside of the periosteum

References

• “parostosis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.